The plot of the film is very clever and reasonable. At the beginning, Jack was bossy and resolute, which made him more and more lonely, which laid the foundation for his later changes. It is very important that Jack enters another life with his previous memory and talent in business, because only in this way can he truly face the choice between two lives. If he loses his talent in business management, even if he chooses an ordinary and happy life, he will feel as if he had to do it, and there is a suspicion of being second best. In addition, since he knows nothing about the past 13 years, Jack needs to obtain information from various channels, and the film also uses these channels to convey to the audience the happiness of Jack and Kate in the past, which is natural and not artificial. Especially the singing video at the birthday party touched Jack and I.
The details are also quite remarkable. For example, use the child's attitude towards Jack to mark the change in his heart. There is no sand in the child's eyes. Daughter Annie saw that something was wrong with him at the beginning. Later, when he settled into this life, Annie said: "I know you will come back", which is more than Jack himself said how he wanted such a life. persuasive.
Overall, it's a bit like "The Magic Remote", but with the opposite angle and less didactic meaning. As for who the black buddy who changed Jack's life was, the film didn't explain it, maybe it was an angel or something, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that Jack knew what he wanted.
About a man's choice in life, the film is undoubtedly idealized. As for career and family, the two paths for all men to choose from, the film shows the power of business elites and the warmth and happiness of family men. They are the good side of the two paths and the bad side. But in fact, it is very likely that there will be many setbacks in our career and constant quarrels in our lives. What we actually endure is more of the bad side. Regardless of the good side or the bad side, the two choices are always half a catty here and eight taels there, which troubles many men and their wives. In the film, the crucial weight of the wife is placed on the side of the family. If this story were put into China, it would probably be reversed: a man who chose an ordinary life, under the pressure of his wife, tried to appeal to the business elite. The direction changes, as for success or not, it depends on each person's creation and the type of film.
ps accompanied LP to watch "Family Man" again. This film has been affirmed by LP, and I also feel that the previous writing is not enough and needs to be supplemented.
This movie is about choices. For a man, the two most important choices are: career or family. At first, Jack chose a career and made great achievements, so he was high-spirited and thought he didn't need anything, but the foundation of this good self-feeling was not solid, because he had no experience with his wife and children on the kang, and he didn't know about another. what life means to him. After going through it, he knew what he really wanted was family.
But that's a movie. In reality, we are not so lucky to experience two lives, and after choosing one path, there is no chance to know what will happen on the other path. So we either hesitate at the fork of the two roads, take two steps here, turn back, take two steps there, turn back again, and repeat but always stay put; or we walk on this road, In my heart, I have been thinking about what kind of scenery there is on that road, and what if I choose that road, but I don’t see the scenery over there, and I miss the scenery here; It's the best choice for me, just like Jack before I met that nigger.
Perhaps the last attitude is preferable, and although that may be self-deception and may indeed be a wrong choice, it is always good to be firm. What I am afraid of is knowing that the other way is what I want but I cannot change it. In the film, Jack is thrown into another life and pulled back again, and it would be the most tragic if Kate didn't agree to stay and "have a cup of coffee" in the end.
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